The Final Four Is Not On The Schedule - A Podcast Discussing Michigan State Basketball.

Sam calls Rod at the airport to chat about MSU's draw in the NCAA Tournament. Topics include the importance of MSU playing the first two rounds in Detroit, a quick appraisal of first-round opponent Bucknell and potential second-round opponents TCU, Syracuse, and Arizona State, and of course, a hypothetical Sweet 16 against the hated Blue Devils.

Rod and Sam debate who should win the coveted TFFINOTS All-B1G awards, and each give their selections for:

• Player of the Year, Defensive POY, and Offensive POY
• First, Second, and Third Team All-B1G teams plus honorable mention
• All-Defense and All-Freshmen teams
• Most Improved Player
• Coach of the Year
• Best Game of the Year

Sam is apoplectic after MSU suffers another devastating loss to its rival. Rod is less so, and tries, with mixed success, to talk Sam off of the ledge.

Rod and Sam talk MSU's third win of the season over the Badgers, and look ahead to the revenge match-up against the hated Wolverines.

We talk a little about MSU's rematch with Wisconsin and some keys to the game, but most of this episode is an in-depth discussion of Tom Izzo's vehement denial of any wrongdoing with respect to the OTL "allegations." Sam and Rod go deep into the weeds and discuss what we know about the original episodes detailed, the conversation around the piece now, and the nature of Media and capital J Journalism.

We talk MSU's 68-63 win over the Badgers to claim the outright 2018 B1G Championship. We then get into the allegations surrounding the program from revelations this week reported by Yahoo! Sports.

Rod and Sam discuss MSU's regular season finale in Madison at the Kohl Center:

• The significance of this one for MSU
• Wisconsin's disappointing season, but recent success
• Happ still brings it
• The Baby Badgers aren't there yet, but do have some talent
• Five Keys

Rod and Sam talk through MSU's 81-61 win over Illinois and Izzo's 8th B1G championship:

• Even though Illinois was close, the game really wasn't 
• Miles and Josh with nice scoring games
• Kenny G with a solid performance off of the bench
• JJJ and Miles' draft prospects
• Celebrating Tum
• Xavier Tillman on the rise

Sam and Rod talk MSU's historic comeback win against Northwestern, and look ahead to Tuesday's potential conference-title clincher against Illinois:

• Cassius Winston's superlative performace
• Matt McQuaid & Kenny G's tenacious D off the bench
• Northwestern's unconscious 1H shooting
• What this win means for MSU
• Illinois, despite the win over Nebraska, still stinks
• Five Keys against the Illini

MSU heads to Rosemont, IL to take on the disappointing Wildcats, in what may be their toughest remaining regular season game.

• Bryant McIntosh's health is in question
• Turnovers and bad defense have led to NU's downturn
• NU's low-efficiency guards
• Vic Law is a nice player--why doesn't he shoot more?
• Five Keys